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Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis and Free Probability

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Quantum thermalization is well understood via the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis (ETH). The general form of ETH, describing all the relevant correlations of matrix elements, may be derived on the basis of a “typicality” argument of invariance with respect to local rotations involving nearby energy levels. In this Letter, we uncover the close relation between this perspective on ETH and free probability theory, as applied to a thermal ensemble or an energy shell. This mathematical framework allows one to reduce in a straightforward way higher-order correlation functions to a decomposition given by minimal blocks, identified as free cumulants, for which we give an explicit formula. This perspective naturally incorporates the consistency property that local functions of ETH operators also satisfy ETH. The present results uncover a direct connection between the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis and the structure of free probability, widening considerably the latter’s scope and highlighting its relevance to quantum thermalization.

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hal-03662787 , version 1 (09-05-2022)

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Silvia Pappalardi, Laura Foini, Jorge Kurchan. Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis and Free Probability. Physical Review Letters, 2022, 129 (17), pp.170603. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.170603⟩. ⟨hal-03662787⟩
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